POLITICS

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Samuel Gyamfi has outlined what he describes as acts which vindicate former President Mahama’s questioning of the neutrality of the Chairperson and first Deputy of the Electoral Commission. Mr. John Mahama recently cast doubts over the Electoral Commission’s (EC) ability to conduct neutral general elections in 2020. He maintained that, the ...

The Volta Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Makafui Woanya, has donated a brand new Mazda BT50 pickup to the Ho Central Constituency office of the party as part of preparations towards the 2020 general election. The cost of the vehicle was not disclosed. Present was the Ho Municipal Chief Executive, John Nelson Akorli. Mr Woanya presented the ...

THE Minority in Parliament has declared its full support for the “March for Free Expression” slated for today. Being organized by Free Media Vanguards (FMV), a non political pressure group, the protest match is to kick against the closure of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) affiliated radio stations — Radio Gold and Radio XYZ — in Accra by the National ...

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced the resumption of electoral activities for the election of regional executives in the Volta and Oti Regions, following the earlier decision to halt the process. By this new decision, the party will proceed to vet all aspirants who had previously filed their nominations in both regions, except ...

The limited voter’s registration exercise ahead of the December 2019 District Level Elections and the referendum on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives will commence on Friday, June 7 through to June 27, 2019, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced. The exercise, according to the election management body, will offer Ghanaians, who turned 18 since the last ...

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas has reiterated the vital role of women in peace building and conflict resolution across the continent, and the world at large. He said “as the UN SG Special Representative, I am committed to promoting gender parity through my good offices in the region. ...

Former President, John Mahama has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of falsifying facts and figures on road contracts awarded by his government before he left office. According to the NDC flagbearer, Akufo-Addo abrogated all such contracts and re-awarded them at exorbitant prices; hence he cannot fathom why the President will attack him over road projects. Recently, Nana Akufo-Addo questioned the existence ...

The Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia, is scheduled to address the High-level Panel of the 72nd Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. WHA is the decision-making body of the World Health Organisation. Mrs. Bawumia, who is an ambassador for the UN Foundation’s Clean Cooking Alliance, would be speaking at the igh-level side event to launch ...

The District Imam for Suaman District in the Western North Region, Alhaji Mumuni, has urged his fellow Muslims and Zongo dwellers to disabuse their minds of the perception that the NPP is anti-Muslims and Zongos. According to him, the various policies and programmes being implemented by the Akufo-Addo government specifically tailored for Muslims and the Zongo communities bears testimony to ...

The posturing of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, does not indicate that she will be neutral in the 2020 polls, former President John Dramani Mahama, has said. According to the flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mrs Mensa has acted in ways that suggest that representatives of the political ...